Mr. Love was a Journeyman Lineman and Service Foreman for Union Power Cooperative in Monroe, NC from 1979 to 2000. His responsibilities included investigation and correcting voltage issues within the system, new construction, underground and overhead maintenance of distribution and transmission systems. In 2000, Mr. Love left Union Power to join the North Carolina Electric Cooperative Association Statewide Organization as Job Training and Safety Specialist. In this position, Mr. Love provided statewide safety training and was responsible for serving all 26 cooperatives across the state of North Carolina. His duties included that of lead instructor for safety related classes, provided technical, procedural and health and safety training for cooperative employees as well as the assisting with updates and revisions to the Master Safety Manual for NC Electric Cooperatives. Mr. Love retired from the NC Statewide organization in 2014. In 2015, Mr. Love joined ENERCO Energy Services as Safety Coordinator.